(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A court in Istanbul accepted an indictment for 35 ISIS suspects on Friday, paving the way for life terms for the defendants who are accused of plotting to bomb Parliament and a mosque as well as running ‘a school' to train ISIS members' children
Twenty-eight defendants who are already in jail are scheduled to appear before a court on April 20, while court summons will be issued for the rest. The suspects were arrested in operations by the Istanbul police last December.
Six of the suspects are accused of plotting terrorist attacks, membership to a terrorist group, and "attempting to overthrow the constitutional order," which carries the heaviest punishment, a sentence of aggravated life imprisonment.
The suspects are also accused of running an illegal "school" to train children of ISIS members both in Turkey and in Syria and Iraq where the terrorist group remains most active. Most of the suspects are Turkish nationals and along with life sentences, they face prison terms up to 15 years for lesser terror-related crimes.
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18 February 2017 - 10:40
News ID: 812463
Tirty-five suspects from the IsIS terrorist group now face life imprisonment, after an Istanbul court on Friday accepted an indictment against the defendants accused of plotting to attack Parliament, a Shiite mosque and a branch office of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party).
